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 @user-883 
 
 i've never heard of most of these
 
 but I think I might belong on eldritch.cafe
 
 ... maybe void.rehab
 
 well actually I'm a lot of tech.lgbt
 
 hmmmmm on Reddit it's nice because you can subscribe to various communities
 
 I wish you could do that with Mastodon, to express your particular affiliation.
 
 ... or perhaps we should not be building scenes, but rather communities.
 
 (just based on the name)
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║ the kind of old people who post on mastodon because that's the best place to     │
║ do so too                                                                        │
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║ ... er I mean "gee wouldn't it be nice if our grandkids taught us how to host    │
║ our own mastodon server for our weekly poker night?" like how you have discord   │
║ servers for D&D groups, except, less proprietary and more freedom.               │
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║ I bet someone could make a lot of money by just loading a raspberry pi with      │
║ pre-built software built from an image that automatically hosted a mastodon      │
║ server just based on information about your networking company so they can       │
║ keep tabs on all that you do.                                                    │
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║ gee sure would be nice if we had a government run computing infrastructure       │
║ project which turned the entire USA into a hive-mind computer. I bet you could   │
║ be paid pretty well to do processing in your own LLM-generated voice.            │
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║ like... feed it your published works, whether artistic or scientific,            │
║ alongside the breadth of human understanding... then optimize for temperature.   │
║ That which is most different. AKA the user's produced data and habits from IOT.  │
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 @user-641 
 
 it's practice. you never know when you might need to blend in. really it's
 just useful as discipline, good practice to be in. I think it's okay if we
 reduce our own functionality? actually? sometimes it's good to use different
 email clients. hey do you know how to mathematically encrypt things well
 neither do I because the designers of the computer system decided that wasn't
 a very common usecase I guess.. jmean it's not like they'd spend all that
 computer resources [THEY'RE SO FAST] on thinking about correlations in your
 predicted pathway narratively through life. "ah help I'm in a psyop" haha yeah
 we do those all the time "so uhhhh I guess we'll just talk to people and see
 how they do?" wow okay it's sure nice to be part of a civil government, I
 think we can find our way to the lumber producers just fine thank you very
 much.
 
 ... oops sorry, a baby did electronics arts (challenge everything) I'm a
 little silly don't mind me brb I gotta go see~

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 @user-1040 
 
 also, I miss most of the names and faces in this archive and I think it'd be
 neat to say "oh yeah I remember them because it wasn't so long ago and it's
 weird how they're not around these days but I forgot about them because their
 profile pic changed or maybe they stopped using mastodon or whatever" - idk it
 feels empty sometimes because your follow list is always growing, but the
 number of people who post seems to always go down. Or maybe I just read
 Mastodon at unfortunate times when there's nothing going on. Who can say
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 revolutions should be paid for in lands
 
 [sometimes I like to just... scroll through the land cards in a Magic the
 Gathering card viewer screen application and imagine I myself am there what
 would it feel like how is it part of my arms (that which interfaces with the
 world)]
 
 there's a deleted section here about atlas the immortal
 
 [while also controlling stimuluses to essentially act as a biological computer
 controlling various hydraulics and related upkeep and maintenance
 infrastructures]
 
 anarchrist (she's a baby)
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--- #5 fediverse/6040 ---
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 everyone's all against ai because it's big tech but it doesn't have to be that
 big it can be [minimized but pronounced marginalized]
 
 == stack overflow ==
 
 distributed
 
 so I think the idea is that by the time you would use AI, there's been enough
 time to rewrite the software to work on handheld laptops in a distributed way
 
 and we'd vote on what to ask the amphora of great knowledge, the answer could
 always be 42.
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 @user-1639 
 
 or nobody sees it, because you post the things you say on the internet in 2024
 which is so siloed and echo-chambered that the only people who hear it say
 "tru tho" and "she just like me fr" and never change because of your words
 
 ... wait that's just what you said, but made more specific, isn't it?
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║ it is important for computers to remain as basic and TUI'd as possible, to       │
║ keep the abstract conjectures about it's operation closer to the machine.        │
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║ In doing so, it's essence and nature will be preserved as best as possible as    │
║ it grows to incalculable heights and capabilities.                               │
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║ I'm much rather interface with a microsoft office god than any other             │
║ singularity type creature that exists out in space.                              │
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║ though, it's a trinity you see, with Unixes further split into concise wholes.   │
║                                                                                  │
║ neat, okay computer fears eliminated, can we move on to the next work-changing   │
║ disaster like maybe the rise of far-right politics and the warming of the        │
║ climate?                                                                         │
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║ sure okay first you gotta get those losers in community and build up their       │
║ capabilities and arms. then whenever your left wing is getting too [redacted]    │
║ then all you have to do is [redacted] and they'll take care of your nazis for    │
║ you.                                                                             │
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║ ... wait, what?                                                                  │
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║ was that an inversion?                                                           │
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║ did she just trick the machine into thinking like that?                          │
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║ wow maybe we shouldn't have~                                                     │
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 I should add all my conversation-starters to words.pdf sorted by chronology.
 time magic if you will.\some call it luck. some call it fate. call it what you
 will. you direct it not by your will, but by your instincts. keep them calm,
 measured, sensible and courageous, and nothing will ever [go un-chill, but
 pronounced get real]
 
 jedi channel this philosophy by focus and discipline. sith do it by giving in
 to emotion. either way, their fate is in play as defined entirely by the
 spirit that leads their host. most people do this not at all, for they are
 people first and force-users second. hence why jedi recruit from a young age,
 and sith from an emotional age.
 
 computers grimoires
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 if you want to "not think about a purple elephant", the first step is to
 imagine yourself slaying it
 
 ... okay how about cthulu - if you don't want to imagine cthulu nomming on our
 gravity well, then picture yourself wielding a bright burning blade of fire
 and vengeance and pay special attention to the way that you cauterize each
 tentacle as you slice them one by one at first, and then in a massive flurry
 at best, ultimately leading to the incomparable brightness that radiates out
 from your shining blade of the sky, which blinds the poor beast who can't see
 you as you approach, piercing the skull and then going home for some toast
 
 if you can get good at that, then you can wield magic
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 @user-744 @user-246 
 
 it's exhausting, but what are we supposed to do? Lie down and rot? That's
 incel thinking. I'm not going to do that.
 
 They've already placed the last straw. It's only a matter of time now, the
 tide has shifted. You can't prepare for everything, and it's not a good idea
 to waste yourself in self-conflageration, but they are increasingly forcing us
 to orient our lives around them.
 
 They deserve what's coming.
 
 The oppressed are not the defeated.
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 Mastodon feels so personal but, like, nobody's gonna invite you to a new
 instance. You gotta go where you think you'll fit in.
 
 change your name! get a new profile pic! make 10 accounts! who cares! nobody
 cares, and that's a good thing! It means you can be whoever you want! wherever
 you want! in whatever place you want! Do you have a catgirl persona? great! go
 mewl with the catgirls and wink at the catboys. Do you have an artistic side?
 great! Mastodon is your new gallery. Do you like politics? there's places out
 there for you! Where you don't even need to CW your posts! (But you probably
 should so that external people can boost you) Do you want a 500 person large
 dating pool for people in an area who want to chill out and have sex? Great
 there's a place for you! No place? MAKE THE PLACE! Be your own administrator!
 Carve your mark in the world and say "this is who and how I wanted to be in
 this 21st century!" History demands it! History demands that we rellish their
 sacrifices! Celebrate, for their sake!
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 to be "rich" is to have more than another.
 
 if you are happy, they are happiness poor.
 if you have community, they are alone.
 if you have serenity, they are chaotic.
 
 I am rich in very little but fire in my soul.
 
 I have enough in most cases, but I still struggle to pay rent.
 
 I am warmed by the pearl my swirling darkness has coalesced into. It nourishes
 me and keeps me aligned.
 
 Never forget your purpose and your truth. It will not abandon you, so long as
 you do so too.
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 @user-138 
 
 me neither... guess it's in-person for me.
 
 [a mysterious "they" then proceeds to set up microphones everywhere I might go]
 
 ah nuts why are all these people carrying phones around
 
 [they already know who I am, and I don't really want to be someone else, so]
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 I know you don't want to hear this, but there is a chance that there will come
 a time where your life depends on your ability to debug a computer without the
 internet. To set up an SSH server. To install Linux. To program in C. To do
 something else that I'm not prepared for... If StackOverflow didn't exist
 because network connectivity has been lost, could you remember syntax? Maybe
 it's a good idea to set up a local LLM that can answer basic questions about
 technology. Maybe it's a good idea to set up on your parents computer, just in
 case you have to hide out there for a couple months. Maybe it's a good idea to
 download wikipedia, just in case.
 
 If I need to use a mac, I'm screwed
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 @user-138 
 
 maybe it's evil hackers - idk that's beyond my expertise - good luck : )
 
 (I'd need to see the piece of technology to work on it. I'm a hardware kinda
 [girl, but pronounced guy])
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║ whoa, what time is it? "time for your daily sleeping babe" yes babe...           │
║                                                                                  │
║ but first, some horror [beware the psycherwaul, for she likes to dream and has   │
║ no idea what she's talking about]                                                │
║                                                                                  │
║ {why would you post these all at once? people are going to get pissed at you     │
║ for breaking rules that you didn't know. And by "you" I of course mean "the      │
║ kind of people you are, not you in particular because you know things" and by    │
║ "kind of people you are" I mean "the type of person who spends enough time on    │
║ the internet to know how internet things generally work" like my goodness        │
║ internet people are dramatic. There's sooooo much drama all the time, like...    │
║ why                                                                              │
║                                                                                  │
║ oh yeah because people are dramatic. duh. How could I be so vain.                │
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║ what's your deal                                                                 │
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║ is it wrong to post links to things you've written in the past? ehh it's not     │
║ like there's rules on the sidebar like on Reddit or whatever. what would a       │
║ sidebar even look like on Mastodon?                                              │
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║ oh yeah, a person's profile. Except, the consent is backwards, because people    │
║ hear what they hear.                                                             │
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 I have between one and ten hundred visits to my website every day, but I don't
 really post it anywhere new anymore. I also have zero followers on Neocities.
 
 On Mastodon, I have ~70 followers, most of whom are inactive. Seventy is a
 good amount, a normal amount, a reasonable amount, an unsuspicious amount, and
 yet every time I see someone wearing the colors I can't help but wonder if
 they know me.
 
 I'm too busy being furious to be lonely. I used to be, before I realized how
 important I am. How important? Just as much as you are, I know it.
 
 I'm a sprinter. I didn't spec into endurance at character creation. Nobody
 chastises the mage for skipping leg day.
 
 I act in fits and bursts. I am sharp like a scalpel, but needles dull just a
 bit when piercing the lid of the HRT. Good thing I'm not made out of metal, I
 can bend myself back into place, so long as everyone else can keep pace.
 
 I don't know who needs to hear this, but you do. you are crucial. Listen to
 this. Care for yourself and for others, do it for u
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║ feels like I get tinnitus when my thoughts are loud T.T                          │
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║ like I can hear the darkness SOOOO loudly                                        │
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║ doesn't happen all the time, just sometimes. when there's lots of things being   │
║ said.                                                                            │
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║ but it's always easy to tune out. well, most of the time, and during the other   │
║ times it's just a little annoying.                                               │
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║ BUT when you sit and listen, you can pick out very interesting things that       │
║ people are saying.                                                               │
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║ the fediverse is sorta like aiming a telescope through the center of the earth   │
║ at someone on the other side of the world who doesn't even know you're looking   │
║ at them. who knows, maybe they care, maybe they don't. but like, how would       │
║ they know that you're looking right? And if you talk and don't get along or      │
║ whatever then you can just block them - like shining a laser pointer             │
║ everywhere except in a small direction. Or like putting up an umbrella to hide   │
║ from the sun.                                                                    │
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║ downside is someone can read a lot about you and you wouldn't know to prepare    │
║ to interact with them. like being handed a dossier of secret info                │
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 On Reddit, you talk about ideas to faceless users whose names are almost
 entirely irrelevant.
 
 on Twitter and Mastodon, you speak to people and "sound your barbaric yawp"
 into the void.
 
 on forums, you have a continual conversation that ebbs and flows and
 occasionally returns to the main point, but often will spiral out to random
 places that the responders decided were worth exploring.
 
 instagram and facebook and the like are designed to share your real life -
 your experiences and your masks.
 
 tumblr and cohost are designed to blog about topics and interests, abstracting
 the "communal" aspect away and essentializing connections to the tenuous ties
 between people who enjoy similar pieces of pop media.
 
 reddit's style encourages discussion. 
 twitter's style encourages expression. 
 forums encourage conversation. 
 instagram encourages perfection.
 tumblr encourages culture.
 
 I'm from Reddit, so please feel free to tell me how and why I'm wrong.
 
 Here on Mastodon if more than 10 people reply, it'll be impossible.
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 my favorite feeling is when I hear my fans running intermittently on my
 computer even though I'm not doing anything and there aren't any new processes
 in my resource manager
 
 like... that feels like a virus, but I'm on Linux, so what do I know right?
 it's probably not somebody deleting all my art. or perhaps just selective
 parts. Backups are a loooooot to manage >.>
 
 ... or even just mining crypto-coins lol, botnets amiright??
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